EU Presidency statement on the crash of the Pulkovo Airlines flight

Press release 307/2006
22 August, 2006

The Presidency of the European Union has received the tragic news that a Pulkovo Airlines aircraft en route from Anapa to St. Petersburg crashed near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on 22 August 2006.

On behalf of the European Union, the Presidency offers its sincere condolences to the Government of the Russian Federation.

The Presidency expresses its grief at the loss of life and extends its deepest sympathy to the families and friends of all those who died in the crash.